dislocation

1. n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. Source: opted

2. n. The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. Source: opted

3. n. The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. Source: opted

4. n. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity Source: wordnet

5. n. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue Source: wordnet

6. n. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) Source: wordnet

7. 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet. 2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. 3. (Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. Source: webster

8. The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata fromthe situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and thelike, are dislocations. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity n. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue n. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) Source: ecdict

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